I'm a bad mom, cause every time I ask for the room to be cleaned, it gets shoved in the closet. So here's how we fix…
I'm a bad mom, cause every time I ask for the room to be cleaned, it gets shoved in the closet. So here's how we fix that. Dump it allll over the floor and make him do it his damn self. I told him if it’s not done nicely, I’ll do it again, and if it’s not done nicely that time I’ll put it in trash bags and donate it all. I literally couldn’t even move his closet doors open or closed (they were half open) because there was so much on his floor. I spent 4 hours cleaning it at the beginning of the month. It shouldn’t be this bad. He’s old enough to clean it right. He’s done it for years.
MrzJones·
My great grandmother use to do the same thing but she waited until like 1 in morning
Lacie Marie·
I had to threaten my son 1 time, my exact words were "well if you cant take care of them nicely, and put them away right, i guess ill have to find another little boy who will and give him all these toys". Ive never once have had a issue again 😂
Lanie Jay·
It would probably be more successful if you helped. Grab a bin and say: “hey, put all the tracks and cars in here.” Once that is done, move on to one other item.
That’s a lot of mess that would be really overwhelming to that age developmentally and just saying clean it is setting him up for failure.
Jess·
Lol my mom would give me a time limit to have my room clean by and if it wasn’t clean she’d go in with a garbage bag and literally chuck out whatever was laying around. It was always a brutal wake up call that she means business. Lol couldn’t even argue cause I was always given fair warning.
Tabetha Ann·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@momzillaof3, I tell him that also.
Brooke H·
I threw 3 bags out because of it and it stayed cleaned for about a week. And now it's bad messy. So daddy is doing it thus weekend.
Tabetha Ann·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@laniejay, he’s been cleaning his room correctly since he was 2. I have always helped him. I have never had an issue. I’m not setting him up for failure, because he knows what goes where. I sat in the room with him.
Tabetha Ann·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@tiinii, right! It’s crazy how many toys they have! I’m constantly going through them. He has certain places for each set of toys. He knows where they go. He just would rather throw toys in the closet so he can play. 🤷🏼♀️
L·
Мама двоих (младенец)
Maybe take half the toys, put them in a tub and store them for a few months. Bring them out, pack up the other half to store. Do a rotation so there's not such a crazy amount of stuff scattered everywhere. That's what I'm doing with my daughter's toys, because a) there's no way they are playing with every single toy they have b) it's almost like getting new toys to them when you switch them back out.
Tabetha Ann·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@techie_grrl, well I pretty much do that. I have stuff put in bags up to where he can’t get them. But he had a friend over the other day, and they climbed up and got ALL of it down.
L·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@dcjc_x2 oh, goodness...😕